Method of making materials for covering furniture



H. B. MORRIS. METHGD OF MAKING MATERIALS FOR COVERING FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23.1916.

Patented June 10, 1919.

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METHOD OF MAKING MATERIALS FOR COVERING FTIRNI'IURE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J une 10, 1919.

Continuation ofapplication Serial No. 55,309, filed October 11, 1915. This application filed February 23.

To all whom it may concern a Be it known that I, HAROLD B. MoRRIs, a citizen. of the United States, residing at ture, of which the following is a specifica-v This invention relates particularly to the manufacture of material used in making chairs, settees and other articles of furniture butmay. also be used in themanufacture of other articles.

'In my application forU. S. patent filed.

Oct ll, 1915, Serial No. 55,309, I have shown some, ways in which such material may be made,and my present invention involves certain improvements on the articles and the methods shown, described and claimed in said application. I have found that very artistic effects maybe obtained and very'inexpensive and durable material produced by so making the core of the covering cord and so making and applying the coverings thereto that not only are the coverings firmly united to the core but various color effects and designs may be given to the cord which may be preserved even when the .cord is partially worn 'away. The manner in which I do this and the various novel features of my invention will be hereinafter described. 7

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view,.illustrating how a covering cord embodying my improvements and consisting of a plurality of layers of material may be made.

Fig. 2 is a View on an enlarged scale and. in transverse section of the cord.

Fig. 3 illustrates one way of making the core.

Fig. 4; is a perspective view showing how the core may be covered.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing how the cord, after the final cover has been applied, may be twisted to cause 1t to resemble Fig. 6 shows how a braided covering may be so applied as to leave open spaces whereby the next interior cover may be seen.

So far as part of my inventlon is concerned, the core may be made in various ways, such for instance, as that shown and described in my application for patent filed 1916. Serial No. 79,999.

Oct. 11, 1915 above referred to and also in my application for patent No. 77,605, filed Feb. 11, 1916, and Patent No. 1,205,376, November 21, 1916.

The core A may be made of cotton waste, raw cotton or similar material twisted into a cord and made compact. Preferably the core is made of masses of cotton waste or similar material differently colored. In Fig.3, for instance, the part a of the core may bered, the part a green, and the part a blue. The masses of material may be dyed or colored before they are twisted and the masses of material maybe twisted and drawn out or spun in the manner indicated at a and otherwise treated until a compact core is produced. The core thus produced may be ornamented in any desired manner, as indicated in Fig. 1. After this, the core is treated with adhesive material I), which is preferably flexible and which may contain waterproofing material. After the adhesive is applied it should be allowed to dry and then the adhesive should be heated by steam or otherwise to soften it. This may be done in the manner described in my application of Oct. 11, 1915 above referred to. i

1 While the adhesive. is still soft the first cover B may be applied. This may be variously colored. and it maybe ornamented in any desired way, as indicated. The-designs on the cover may be made to match or register with the designs on the core. If it is desired to increase the size of the cord, adhesive material b is applied to the cover B. This may be of the same nature as that applied to the core. After the adhesive material is dried it is softened in the manner before described and another cover C may be applied. This cover may have any desired color and it may carry any suitable designs, as indicated. These designs may match or register with the designs on the cover B so that if the outside cover is worn away in part the same designs carried by the inner cover will appear. The coverings B and C may be applied in any suitable way and may be formed of any suitable material. They may be applied in the manner described and shown in my application of Oct. 11, 1915, or in my Patent No. 1,205,376, November 21, 1916. After the cord is formed I preferably twist it in the manner indicated in Fig. 5, so that it will be made to resemble flag. After being thus twisted it should be rolled or drawn through dies while in its twisted condition so that a permanent twist maybe given to the cord.

As before stated the coverings B and C, and subsequent coversif they are used, may

be applied in various ways; it very pleasing efi ect maybe obtained by braiding the outer covering over'the inner covering, as indicated in Fig. 6, and leaving open spaces whereby the inner covering may be exposed. In thls way the outer covering may be g ven one color and the inner covering another color Which Will'llitllllOlllZB Witheach other. It is obvious that various designs may be produced in this way and that I have only illustrated a few of the many varieties that may be obtained. 1

It will be understood that the masses of cotton Waste employed are colored before.

they are made into astrand or roving but that theseinasses are drawn out and twisted together in such manner that different colors 7 will be exposed on the surface. In some v Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each; by addressing I Washington, D. 0.

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parts of the roving the same color may appear all around it 'while in other p'artsthe same color When thecovering B is applied it may be stained after it is applied as to correspond pact core and to expose the difierent colors coverin which is united "to may appear on different sides in diiferent places treating core thus formed with adhesiveinaterial, allowing the adhesive to dry into the core, then softening the adhesive and applying thereto a protective covering which is united to the core by. the adhesive coloring said covering to correspond in color eflect with the n'closed adjacent portions of the core so'that wear= ing away of said covering does not destroy the color scheme. I

2. The method hereindescribedof forming a flexible cordior covering frames of different articles, which consists in forming a core of a plurality of diflerentmassesof differently colored fibrous materiah: such V as cotton waste, forming said material into 7 a compact core, treating s'aid core with adhesive material, allowing the adhesive to; dry into the core, then softening the ad hesiv'e and applying thereto a -protective softens adhesive;

of a plurality" of difierent masses of diflen ently colored fibrous material, such as. cotthe coreby the", 1 r

The methodh'erm described o form iing acord for covering framesof diiferent articles, which consists in forming core ton waste, twisting said material to forms s compact core'and 'to'expose the diIferent colors in diile'rent parts of the core,:treat-" ings'aid core with adhesivematerial, apply; ingtheretota cover which is united to the core "by. the adhesive, coloring said cover to c rrespond in color eife t'withthose m tionsof the core inc losedflb'y the cover: and ineutting away portions of cover to ex j so In testimony whereof, I have hereunto;

pose the core.

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, I HAROLD is. MORRIS. Witnesses: i i I J. F; LILLY, J; C. MILLER;

the Commissioner bi retest- 

